Death row killer who murdered pastor in his own church to be executed
Steven Lawayne Nelson was condemned to death for the 2011 killing of Reverend Clint Dobson, 28, who was beaten, strangled and suffocated with a plastic bag inside NorthPointe Baptist Church in Arlington. Dobson's secretary also was severely beaten and left for dead, but she survived.
Texas executes man convicted of killing Arlington pastor in 2011
Steven Lawayne Nelson maintained that he unknowingly participated in the violent church robbery but didn’t harm anyone. His execution was the state’s first for 2025.
'He fought to the very end': Steven Nelson executed in Texas for murder of young pastor
Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.
Texas Man Set to Be Executed for Killing a Pastor in His Own Church
A Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas area pastor in his own church is facing execution on Wednesday evening
Christians protest execution of Texas man convicted of killing pastor
Steven Lawayne Nelson, a Texas man convicted of beating and suffocating a Dallas pastor in his church during a robbery over a decade ago, was executed Wednesday evening at the state penitentiary in Huntsville.
Texas convict issues last message to wife before execution for killing pastor
Texas man Steven Nelson, convicted in 2012 of murdering a pastor the year before, was put to death by lethal injection Wednesday evening.
Texas executes man for 2011 murder of church pastor
The State of Texas executed a Black man convicted of killing a pastor during a robbery in 2011, despite his claims that while he was present during the crime he was not responsible for the murder.
Killer’s haunting final words before he is executed in front of his dog
Steven Lawayne Nelson, 37, was given the lethal injection for killing 28-year-old Reverend Clint Dobson at NorthPointe ...
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Alabama death row inmate executed as nitrogen gas mask flooded in asphyxiation
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